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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Online Tools
Thing 17: This Thing was one of the most interesting Things yet! I used bubbl.us to brainstorm for my board presentation. It was great. Just click and a bubble appears. I put in the topic in and clicked to connect more bubbles with the facts or related topics. I was able to move things around, add pages and save automatically. The rest of the team working on the presentation can see, add to or modify.
ZOHO had so many tools that I took a great deal of time exploring. I signed up for a wiki and zoho projects and reports. This will be so useful for the upper elementary teachers and students. Projects and reports can be worked on from anywhere by all of the team members. Documents and videos can be imported. The calendar will also be useful to ensure all team members know when things are due.
I was not able to get to the Library Thing. I only spent a few minutes on 30 boxes. I do not think I will use this tool. Teachers will probably like the Knowtes flashcard learning tool. It would be useful to make or use exsisting cards to learn vocabulary, math facts, etc.
Trailfire was great. I am often frustrated googling for things. This tool arranges web pages by interest or topic. Trailfire members add comments to the pages. This process helps to cut down the amount of pages that are not relivant.
ZOHO had so many tools that I took a great deal of time exploring. I signed up for a wiki and zoho projects and reports. This will be so useful for the upper elementary teachers and students. Projects and reports can be worked on from anywhere by all of the team members. Documents and videos can be imported. The calendar will also be useful to ensure all team members know when things are due.
I was not able to get to the Library Thing. I only spent a few minutes on 30 boxes. I do not think I will use this tool. Teachers will probably like the Knowtes flashcard learning tool. It would be useful to make or use exsisting cards to learn vocabulary, math facts, etc.
Trailfire was great. I am often frustrated googling for things. This tool arranges web pages by interest or topic. Trailfire members add comments to the pages. This process helps to cut down the amount of pages that are not relivant.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Google Docs
Thing 16:
I think I will use this for many things. Projects, forms, presentations and other useful docs can be uploaded, edited and worked on by a group without having to figure out a time or place to meet. I am presently working on a project/presentation to present to the board. I am only one of three people working on it. One of the members lives 3 hours away. We can all add, post and review the project from our own home or office. What a time saver. Teachers can work on lessons, units and other projects when they have time and from home.
I think I will use this for many things. Projects, forms, presentations and other useful docs can be uploaded, edited and worked on by a group without having to figure out a time or place to meet. I am presently working on a project/presentation to present to the board. I am only one of three people working on it. One of the members lives 3 hours away. We can all add, post and review the project from our own home or office. What a time saver. Teachers can work on lessons, units and other projects when they have time and from home.
Revisit RSS
Thing 15:
Revisiting my bloglines and delicious was very overwhelming. I had tons of postings to go through. I did manage to get rid of some feeds and move others. I would have liked to delete some of the postings while leaving others but could not figure out how to do this without deleteing the subscription. I can see how important it will be to keep up with the feeds.
Revisiting my bloglines and delicious was very overwhelming. I had tons of postings to go through. I did manage to get rid of some feeds and move others. I would have liked to delete some of the postings while leaving others but could not figure out how to do this without deleteing the subscription. I can see how important it will be to keep up with the feeds.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Bookmarks
Thing 14:
This Thing took me a while to complete. I experienced some trouble setting up my Delicious account. I kept getting a message stating that my bookmarks would be sent to my yahoo page by default. I finally was able to make a new account. My username is: rlc2000l. I was able to find many bookmarks for Montessori curriculum. I also found some great math bookmarks. I can see where social bookmarking will provide a variety of lessons, activities, resourses and other information for teachers. Teachers could share their findings with their peers and students. I think Delicious will be a useful tool.
This Thing took me a while to complete. I experienced some trouble setting up my Delicious account. I kept getting a message stating that my bookmarks would be sent to my yahoo page by default. I finally was able to make a new account. My username is: rlc2000l. I was able to find many bookmarks for Montessori curriculum. I also found some great math bookmarks. I can see where social bookmarking will provide a variety of lessons, activities, resourses and other information for teachers. Teachers could share their findings with their peers and students. I think Delicious will be a useful tool.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Tagging
Thing 13:
It sounds like tagging will be very helpful. It is hard to remember all of the websites I use. Saving them to a website and tagging them will make it so much easier to find them. I like the idea of sharing the tagged items with other teachers and or administrators. The two articles were informative. There was a lot of information about how to write tags. I am sure that it will take a lot of practice before I get good at tagging and I cannot wait to get started.
It sounds like tagging will be very helpful. It is hard to remember all of the websites I use. Saving them to a website and tagging them will make it so much easier to find them. I like the idea of sharing the tagged items with other teachers and or administrators. The two articles were informative. There was a lot of information about how to write tags. I am sure that it will take a lot of practice before I get good at tagging and I cannot wait to get started.
Widget
Thing 12:
I added a widget!
It was hard to pick a widget. There were so many to choose from. I had no problem with the embedding code. I do not belong to any other online communities. After this class, I may join facebook. Many of my friends use facebook. I think online communication is a quick and easy way to keep up with friends and family. I do not think it should take the place of face-to-face relationships. I think kids enjoy MySpace and other social networking sites because they can post things and keep up with what others are doing,
I added a widget!
It was hard to pick a widget. There were so many to choose from. I had no problem with the embedding code. I do not belong to any other online communities. After this class, I may join facebook. Many of my friends use facebook. I think online communication is a quick and easy way to keep up with friends and family. I do not think it should take the place of face-to-face relationships. I think kids enjoy MySpace and other social networking sites because they can post things and keep up with what others are doing,
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